doom

About 2.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Destiny, especially terrible.
2. noun An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
3. noun Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
4. noun A law.
5. noun A judgment or decision.
6. noun A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
7. noun Death.

   They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.

8. noun The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

Similar words

condemn doomsday day of reckoning fate destine sentence designate misery damned plight

Often followed by

of and is was to that for in the

Word family

doomed dooming dooms